Protest over Chicago teen’s shooting ties up retail district – Countywide
An estimated 2000 protesters marched in the streets of Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Van Dyke is facing first-degree murder charges because of the shooting. “The protesters did take over the street for sometime…
Look Inside Largest Tornado Ever With New Tool – National Geographic
Scientists now have a way to understand the fierce tornado that killed veteran stormchaser Tim Samaras in 2013 in El Reno, Oklahoma. The May 31 storm was the largest ever recorded, and one of the fastest. New software has allowed scientists to piece together video…
When You’re Done With a Fabricated Identity, This Artist Will Make It His Own – Motherboard
Your inbox is a lot like an online home, protected by a password rather than a burglar alarm. The same could be said for your social media pages, your bank accounts, your supermarket loyalty cards. Together they constitute an identity. But what if your accounts,…
Apple Working on Siri the Virtual Music Assistant for Analyzing Unknown Music … – Patently Apple
Earlier this month the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that revealed an invention that generally relates to audio analysis and, more specifically, to analyzing audio input for efficient speech and music recognition. While Apple first introduced integrating music identification…